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The British colony in Western Australia was popularly known as the Swan River Colony from its foundation in 1829 until the beginning of the convict era in 1850. The black swan is the official bird emblem of Western Australia, although only formally adopted in 1973. It also appears on the state badge as a black swan silhouetted against a yellow ...
Flag of Western Australia: 1870 The swan faced was changed in 1953 to look towards the Union Jack in accordance with heraldic principles. State badge: State badge of Western Australia State Badge of Western Australia: 27 November 1875 The state badge was approved by the Colonial Office 1875. State coat of arms: Coat of arms of Western Australia ...
The Australian Made, Australian Grown logo (also known as the Australian Made logo or AMAG logo) is a registered certification trade mark logo and country of origin label that certifies that a product has been manufactured or grown in Australia. The triangular green-and-gold logo, featuring a kangaroo, was introduced in 1986.
The Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh made the first European record of sighting a black swan in 1697, when he sailed into, and named, the Swan River on the western coast of New Holland. The sighting was significant in Europe, where "all swans are white" had long been used as a standard example of a well-known truth.
The Readymix logo geoglyph predates the creation of other modern Australian geoglyphs. [1]The Marree Man, a 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) tall aboriginal figure anonymously created on a plateau 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of the township of Marree, South Australia in 1998.
Western Australia: Coat of arms of Western Australia: Badge of Western Australia: Red and green kangaroo paw: Black swan: Numbat: Whale shark Whale shark-Gold and black -Gogo fish [7] Western Australia tartan: Symbols of Western Australia
Emu Bitter logo. Emu Bitter is a mild bitter Australian lager that has a strong hops taste, which was introduced in 1923 as one of Swan Brewing Company's flagships. [4] The alcohol by volume content of the beer is currently 4.0%. [5] The man pictured on the label is former Swan Brewer Ken Arrowsmith.
The state flag of Western Australia consists of a Blue Ensign defaced with the badge of the state.Adopted in 1953 to replace a similar design used from the time when the state was still a British colony, it has been the flag of Western Australia since 3 November of that year.